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Upper Ship Hotel, 1 Duke Street, Reading, Berkshire

The address of this establishment is given as 1 Duke Street up to the entry for 1877. From 1883 the address is given as 6 Duke Street with numbers 4 and 8 also quoted at various times. 8 Duke Street is the address given for the Lower Ship until after 1877, Confusing, isn't it? It is also known exclusively as the Ship Hotel from 1895, and the name varies between the Upper Ship and the Ship between 1884 and 1893. Now a Tandoori Restaurant and Hotel. ***

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Upper Ship, 1 Duke Street, Reading - in October 2009

Upper Ship, 1 Duke Street, Reading - in October 2009

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The following entries are in this format:

Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.

1796/Thomas Hayter/../../../Berkshire Directory ***

1827/Jane Mason/../../../Hornimans Directory ***

1830/Jane Mason/../../../Pigots Directory ***

1840/Thomas Bunce/../../../Robsons Directory ***

1841/Thos Bunce/Publican/30/Berks/Census ***
1841/Ellen Bunce/../9/Berks/Census
1841/Elizth Henderson/Servant/25/Berks/Census
1841/Ed Leach/Servant/15/Not Berks/Census
1841/Sarah Richardson/Servant/25/Berks/Census
1841/Elizth Luker/Servant/15/Berks/Census
1841/Mary Bonnett/Servant/25/Not Berks/Census
1841/Wm Shappard/Servant/20/Not Berks/Census
1841/John Follett/Servant/50/Not Berks/Census
1841/Chas Moss/Servant/30/Berks/Census
1841/NK Sheppard/Servant/30/Not Berks/Census
1841/George Slacombe/Independent/30/Not Berks/Census
1841/John Kelley/Independent/25/Ireland/Census

1842/Thos Bunce/../../../Post Office Directory ***

1844/Thomas Bunce/../../../Pigots Directory ***

1847/Thomas Bunce/../../../Post Office Directory ***

1851/Thomas Rose/Hotel Keeper/34/Reading, Berks/Census ***
1851/Susan Rose/Wife/37/Haddenham, Cambs/Census
1851/Ann Rose/Daughter, Scholar/10/Reading, Berks/Census
1851/Mary Rose/Daughter/3/Reading, Berks/Census
1851/Hannah Rose/Daughter/1/Reading, Berks/Census
1851/John Rose/Son, Scholar/7/Reading, Berks/Census
1851/Ann Wiggins/Servant, House Servant/31/Norwich, Norfolk/Census
1851/Maria Brooks/Servant, House Servant/34/Mortimer, Berks/Census
1851/Mary Ann Holder/Servant, House Servant/22/Wokingham, Berks/Census
1851/Ann Cooper/Servant, House Servant/26/Bramshill, Hants/Census
1851/Matilda Lyford/Servant, House Servant/30/London, Middlesex/Census
1851/George Smith/Servant/24/Henbury, Glos/Census
1851/George Sparks/Servant, Horse Keeper/40/Chieveley, Berks/Census
1851/Joseph Neate/Servant, Labourer/24/Theale, Berks/Census
1851/Charles Stagg/Guest, Civil Engineer/27/Masham, Derbyshire/Census
1851/William H Hutchins/Guest, B A Oxford (without care)/28/Burbage, Wilts/Census
1851/Benjamin Crowther/Guest, Woollen Merchant/24/Wakefield, Yorks/Census
1851/Joseph Selly Ferguson/Guest, B A Cambridge (without care)/35/Carlisle, Cumberland/Census

1853/Thomas Rose/../../../Macaulays Directory ***

1854/Thomas Rose/../../../Billings Directory ***

1856/Thomas Rose/../../../Macaulays Directory ***

1859/Thomas Rose/../../../Macaulays Directory ***

1863/T Rose/../../../Duttons Directory ***

1864/Thomas Rose/../../../Kellys Directory ***

1865/Thos Rose/../../../Macaulays Directory ***

1868/James Porter/../../../Casseys Directory ***

1870/Albert Woolf/../../../Macaulays Directory ***

1875/J Beale/../../../Smiths Directory ***

1877/William Bailey/../../../Harrods Directory ***

1881/William Bailey/Hotel Keeper/60/Leeds, Yorks/Census ***
1881/Annie N W Bailey/Wife/40/Market Rasen, Lincs/Census
1881/Sarah Curr/Servant, Barmaid/26/Barwick in Elmet, Yorks/Census
1881/Phillis Webb/Servant, Waitress/27/Baughurst, Hants/Census
1881/Elizabeth Brunsden/Servant, Chambermaid/23/Reading, Berks/Census
1881/Sophy Hawkins/Servant, Waitress/21/Wiliscombe, Somerset/Census
1881/Mary Horn/Servant, Cook/22/Swallowfield, Berks/Census
1881/Jane Phillips/Servant, Kitchenmaid/21/Riseley, Hants/Census
1881/Titus Hunt/Servant, Boots/20/Whitley, Berks/Census
1881/Henry Allnutt/Servant, Under Boots/18/Adbury, Hants/Census

1883/William Bailey/../../../Kellys Directory ***

1884/Wm Bailey/../../../Stevens Directory ***

1887/Walter Sowdon/../../../Kellys Directory ***

1888/Wm Sowdon/../../../Stevens Directory ***

1891/Annie Sowdon/Landlady/54/Lydiard, Wilts/Census ***
1891/Mabel Jane Sowdon/Daughter, Living on her own means/24/Aldershot, Hants/Census
1891/Emma M Sowdon/Daughter, Living on her own means/20/Aldershot, Hants/Census
1891/Annie Simpson/Assistant/20/Kirkaldy, N B/Census
1891/Emily Anderson/Assistant/37/Southend, Kent/Census
1891/Fanny Tipton/Assistant/30/Norton, Salop/Census
1891/Rose Lamb/Servant, Servant Domestic/36/Wroxton, Oxon/Census
1891/Mary Whetstone/Servant, Servant Domestic/27/St Ives, Hunts/Census
1891/Titus Hunt/Assistant/39/Three Mile Cross, Berks/Census
1891/Georgina Pace/Servant, Servant Domestic/30/London/Census
1891/Matilda Bedwell/Servant, Servant Domestic/22/Steventon, Berks/Census
1891/Annie New/Servant, Servant Domestic/16/Sandhurst, Berks/Census
1891/Agnes Smith/Servant, Servant Domestic/25/N K/Census
1891/William Broadbridge/Servant, Servant Domestic/24/Bath, Somerset/Census
1891/James Emmett/Servant, Servant Domestic/21/Reading, Berks/Census

1893/Walter Sowdon/../../../Stevens Directory ***

1895/William Sowdon/../../../Smiths Directory ***

1899/Alfred Broadway/../../../Kellys Directory ***

1900/Alfred Broadway/../../../Smiths Directory ***

1901/Alfred Broadway/Hotel Proprietor/50/Christchurch, Hants/Census ***
1901/Elizabeth J Broadway/Wife/51/Wareham, Dorset/Census
1901/Alfred John Broadway/Son, Ironmongers Apprentice/15/Caversham, Oxon/Census
1901/Francis P Broadway/Daughter/13/Caversham, Oxon/Census
1901/Emma K Broadway/Daughter/11/Caversham, Oxon/Census
1901/Titus Hunt/Servant, Head Boots/50/Shinfield, Berks/Census
1901/Mary G Woollians/Servant, Barmaid/29/Kingham, Nr Chipping Norton, Oxon/Census
1901/Nellie Crake/Servant, Barmaid/26/Winchfield, Hants/Census
1901/Edith Goddard/Servant, Waitress/21/Reading, Berks/Census
1901/Frances M Wells/Servant, Cook/21/Wallingford, Berks/Census
1901/Agnes M Taylor/Servant, Pantry Maid/19/Savernake, Wilts/Census
1901/Agnes Chard/Servant, Chambermaid Domestic/26/Reading, Berks/Census
1901/Bertha M Millham/Servant, Kitchen Maid Domestic/17/Reading, Berks/Census
1901/Albert Turton/Visitor, Commercial Traveller/51/N K/Census
1901/Gregory B Mably/Visitor, Commercial Traveller/47/Trevahan St Endellion, Cornwall/Census
1901/Thomas Howard/Visitor, Insurance Agent/53/Ireland/Census

1903/William Henry Mayhead/../../../Kellys Directory ***

1916/T W S Stratton/../../../Smiths Directory ***

*** Provided By Colin Ager

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Upper Ship Hotel, 1 Duke Street, Reading, Berkshire

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